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Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tems, Fireboy, And CKay Bag Nominations At American Music Awards 2022
Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tems, Ckay, and Fireboy bag nominations at American Music Awards 2022.
Five Nigerian artists have bagged nominations at the 2022 American Music Awards.
This year’s American Music Awards introduced a new category — Favorite Afrobeats Artist.
The Afrobeats nominees are Burna Boy, Wizkid, CKay, Tems, and Fireboy DML.
They are going to battle for the award that has been scheduled to take place on the 21st of November 2022.
Among the nominees, Grammy award winner, Wizkid, alongside his collaborator Tems, bagged a second nomination with in the category of Favorite R&B Song.
Tems extended her record with her collaboration with Future and Drake, ‘Wait For You’, which is featured in the categories of Favorite Hip-Hop Song and Collaboration of the Year.
Tems, with four nominations, is the most nominated Afrobeats act at this year’s American Music Awards (AMA).
Check out the nomination list:
Collaboration of the Year
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and “Encanto” cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Elton John and Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix”
Future ft. Drake & Tems, “WAIT FOR U”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”
The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, “STAY”
Favorite Afrobeats Artist
Burna Boy
CKay
Fireboy DML
Tems
Wizkid
Favorite R&B Song
Beyoncé, “BREAK MY SOUL”
Muni Long, “Hrs And Hrs”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), “Smokin Out The Window”
SZA, “I Hate U”
Wizkid ft. Tems, “Essence”
Favorite Hip-Hop Song
Future ft. Drake & Tems, “WAIT FOR U”
Jack Harlow, “First Class”
Kodak Black, “Super Gremlin”
Latto, “Big Energy”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “INDUSTRY BABY”
